Marshall University Athletics
Baseball Opens Conference USA Action at Tulane
3/25/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 25, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - The Marshall University baseball team participates in its first Conference USA series of the season with a three-game set against the Tulane Green Wave at Turchin Stadium with first pitch slated for 6:30 CST (7:30 EST) on Friday night.
MU owns a 4-10-1 record all-time versus the Green Wave, winning the first of three games last year in Charleston, W.Va., before dropping the final two of the series.
Pitching Matchups
Friday: 6:30 p.m. CST
MU - Ian Kadish, RHP (1-2, 6.12 ERA)
TU - Conrad Flynn, RHP (2-2, 2.52 ERA)
Saturday: 2 p.m. CST
MU - Ryan Kiel, LHP (0-0, 6.75 ERA)
TU - Matt Petiton, LHP (1-2, 3.60 ERA)
Sunday: 11 a.m. CST
MU - Arik Sikula, RHP (3-2, 3.12 ERA)
TU - Robby Broach, RHP (4-0, 3.26)
Marshall (9-10)
The Thundering Herd split a pair of mid-week games, falling 6-3 at No. 1 Virginia and defeating Ohio 10-4 in Huntington.
A staff by committee from the Herd bullpen, which included six pitchers, held the top-ranked Cavaliers offense to just one earned run this past Tuesday at Davenport Field in Charlottesville, Va. The MU defense struggled by committing four errors en route to five unearned runs crossing home which led to the loss.
The Herd used an eight-run fourth inning against Ohio University on Wednesday and 11 different players recorded a hit to defeat the Bobcats in the 150th meeting between the two schools, 10-4. Victor Gomez smoked two doubles in the break-out inning for the Herd, including a bases clearing two-bagger to propel the team to victory.
V.Gomez has provided plenty of thunder for the Herd this season. The junior C/1B enters the weekend with a .372 batting average, including seven doubles, six homers and 25 RBI, all tops on the MU team.
Tulane (15-7)
The Green Wave had strung together nine-straight victories before falling to the University of New Orleans for the second time this season on Tuesday, 4-1.
TU is hitting .328 as a team, led by cleanup hitter Rob Segedin. The slugging third baseman owns a .419 batting average, and is the reigning C-USA co-Hitter of the Week for his dominance in a three-game sweep of St. Mary's. He is tops in the conference with 17 doubles and ranks second in total bases with 64.
The TU pitching staff has been equally effective with a 3.88 team ERA. Right-hander Conrad Flynn toes the rubber in game one and has been a workhorse on the mound. Flynn is tied for innings pitched (35.2) in the league, while ranking second in ERA (2.52).
GameTracker and video live streaming will be available for purchase during the three-game series with Tulane by logging onto tulanegreenwave.com.
